Chapter 81: Departure
Chapter 81: Departure
The veteran players had weathered many storms. Many members of the frontline team had over two years of experience, having followed Li Changde through life and death, building everything from scratch and expanding it from small beginnings.
Now, with Kamiyu joining them, they were truly entering the stage of growing from large to strong.
The Guild Leader must have his reasons for giving such an order.
He would certainly explain himself, but whether the players would accept his explanation or be willing to abide by these new rules was another matter.
As the saying goes, there was an unwritten rule among civilian player factions: players were not restricted in their freedom. They could come and go as they pleased, and there was no rule about enduring “three stabs and six wounds” upon leaving.
The civilian player factions operated like jobs—if one employer didn’t suit you, you could find another.
Through the test of time, the longer one stayed in the Invincible Guild, the clearer it became how correct the decisions made by President Li and his think tank were.
Just like this time—being able to recruit a Pharmacist to join them was incredibly rare.
Many veteran players believed that if they possessed a powerful talent or a rare class, their first choice would be to join the “Twelve Heavenly Kings”—the faction of Beta Tester players.
Who would join a guild without the protection of Beta Tester players?
The so-called protection of Beta Tester players, aside from their extraordinary strength, also included their Sanctuaries. Even if the Main City fell, they could retreat to their Sanctuaries to continue developing and surviving.
Upon learning that Kamiyu was a “Pharmacist,” they were all very excited because their survival rates would greatly increase, allowing them to be more daring during Dungeon Grinding.
Wu Yong thought to himself, “With such a heavyweight player joining us, who are we trying to impress by pooling the guild’s resources to please her?
It’s more like mobilizing the strength of the Invincible Guild and its affiliated squads and guilds to support Miss Kamier.”
Vice Guild Leader Wu Yong and Deputy Captain Debe of the frontline team both noticed that Li Changde did not continue speaking but was instead observing everyone’s reactions.
Wu Yong thought to himself that the Guild Leader was screening the players’ loyalty. Based on President Li’s personality, before distributing benefits, he would always filter out members who were unqualified, disloyal, or had different goals.
This method of refining the ranks was something a Guild Leader of a major guild had to master to perfection.
Kamiyu was closely observing Li Changde’s management techniques.
Thus, under the Guild Leader’s “hint,” Debe continued to reprimand those players, intending to drive away those who only took benefits without contributing.
The newcomer player from earlier, seeing others supporting him, continued to argue, “Unreasonable is unreasonable. Just because you have a higher level and more seniority, does that mean you can bully us newcomer players as you please?”
Kamiyu thought to herself that this sneaky, sarcastic tone was clearly a veiled criticism, accusing Li Changde of being unfair.
However, the Health Restoration Potions were provided to everyone for free initially. A newcomer player’s daily earnings weren’t even enough to buy 10 drops of Health Restoration Potion.
One bottle of Health Restoration Potion was worth 1 kilogram of Black Iron Ore. Newcomer players would have to grind wild monsters for several days to gather that much, but by reselling a few bottles, they could make a huge profit.
Li Changde’s order was also prepared to prevent this.
What if you didn’t use the potions and secretly sold them? You’d still have to hand over the materials.
Debe continued, “Oppression? Look at which other guild outside gives everyone equipment upon entry, provides training, and even has veteran players specifically leading newcomers to grind mobs and level up—all for free.”
Kamiyu blinked. Their guild’s benefits were actually this good? It made her feel a bit envious of their guild, even itching to join.
Or, to be more precise, she wanted to have such a system to operate herself.
But how did they obtain the materials they used to purchase their equipment? Were they all gathered by the frontline, second-line, and third-line teams through grinding?
Kamiyu wasn’t wrong. The materials the Invincible Guild used to purchase their equipment were indeed gathered by the frontline, second-line, and third-line teams from Instance Dungeons and mob grinding.
For this, they had lost quite a few people.
The veteran players deeply understood that Crimson Earth was not a simple game but a true Hell, and from time to time, Hell Tides would come.
If they didn’t sacrifice their immediate interests, if they didn’t unite and cooperate, they would have long been swallowed by the monster waves of the Hell Tide.
No matter how much they explained this to newcomer players, it was useless. Only those who had experienced it would understand the reason behind Li Changde’s “unreasonable” orders.
Debe said, “The weapons, equipment, and items on you are all the collective property of our guild, the resources we fought hard to obtain.”
At this moment, Sen Qiang, the Captain of the Frontline Team who had remained silent, reached out to stop Debe and said loudly, “There’s no use talking to these people. Those who have never been on the battlefield will never understand.”
The Invincible Guild implemented a wartime economic strategy, maximizing the use of resources to firmly take root and grow in this cruel Crimson Earth.
As for those who didn’t want to obey or contribute, only thinking of their own interests, perhaps the official Power Factions would be more suitable for them.
That player, flushed with anger, still retorted loudly, “No matter what this game is like, unfair distribution is unfair distribution. We won’t stay in a guild that bullies newcomers. Brothers, follow me!”
Some people left without hesitation, while more newcomers hesitated, wanting to leave but also reluctant to go.
That player shouted, “Still not leaving? Waiting to be exploited dry?”
The hesitant players began to leave.
At Li Changde’s signal, Wu Yong said calmly, “The Experience gained from grinding mobs is your own. No one can take it away.”
Newcomer players didn’t know or didn’t value this, but veteran players weren’t sensitive about handing over Spoils of War because they knew the Experience gained from grinding was their own and couldn’t be taken away by anyone.
The guild might collapse, but as long as they were alive, they wouldn’t fall. With the help of Health Restoration Potions and Resistance Potions, veteran players could gather more materials, meaning more Experience and faster leveling.
This way, they truly became stronger. After handing over the Spoils of War, the guild would issue them more powerful equipment, so there was no need to worry about the Spoils of War issue.
Simply put, for veteran players, the Experience gained was the most important Spoils of War.
The higher their Level, the more stable their position. By then, equipment and weapons would be readily available. These newcomer players didn’t understand this and were easily swayed by a few words.
Now, the Guild Leader kindly gave them a hint or two. Let’s see who was smarter and willing to stay.
Some hesitant players, torn between staying and leaving, looked at each other, unsure of what to do.
The advice had been given; the rest was up to their own choices.
Unexpectedly, that troublemaking player shouted, “The world is vast, but one’s own will is paramount. A true man should never submit to others! Let’s grind on our own, brothers—let’s go!”
In no time, the vast majority of players followed the crowd and left, leaving only three Newcomer Players behind.
Kamiyu looked at the three male Newcomer Players with newfound respect.
Staying meant supporting Li Changde, and supporting Li Changde meant supporting herself.
Kamiyu thought to herself that she must take good care of these three and make them prove the departing players wrong.
Meanwhile, in Reality.
After eliminating the people in the van, Jack confirmed he hadn’t killed the wrong ones—they were all subordinates of General Lei Yao.
He entered the van and searched through the materials inside to see what they had uncovered.
His fingers tapped rhythmically on the computer keyboard.
“They haven’t been here long. They only pinpointed our location within the logistics park but haven’t discovered the hideout.”
Jack came up with a clever plan: drive the van to another location and monitor a fake address from there.
Seizing the opportunity before the scheduled information transmission time, Jack immediately drove the van to the city center.
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Kamiyu you dork, smh my head